Date: September 16 – 18, 2009
Registration and Welcome Reception: September 15, 2009
Location: Chicago

The 2009 International Conference on Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Science will take place at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers in downtown Chicago. The focus of the program, presented through 25 scientific papers and 50 posters, will be gasification and pyrolysis. Presenters will include the world’s leading researchers in gasification, pyrolysis, and pyrolysis oil upgrading.

Conference activities include a welcome reception on Tuesday, September 15, a dinner cruise on Lake Michigan-where you’ll view the spectacular Chicago skyline-on Wednesday, September 16, and a site visit to GTI laboratories and facilities on Friday, September 18. Among other facilities, visitors will tour GTI’s Henry R. Linden Flex-Fuel Test Facility, which evaluates innovative gasification processes and helps to commercialize advanced gasification and downstream end-use technologies.

Dynamic Keynotes on the current vision of biomass energy development and applications presented by the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Energy; Jim Fredrick, thermochemical program lead at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL); and Ralph Overend, former NREL Research Fellow.

Who will benefit from participating in this conference-as a presenter or attendee?

* Biofuel academic researchers, scientists and engineers, and other employees of engineering companies
* Technology providers and investors
* Project developers
* Feedstock suppliers
* Policymakers
* Anyone from industry, government, academia, and media who wants to hear, first-hand, about breakthroughs in this field.
Early registration. Register now to take advantage of the early bird pricing of $1295 until August 1, 2009.